Penn Badgley and his spouse, Domino Kirke-Badgley, have a fairly candy love story. The pair obtained collectively in July 2014, shortly after the “You” star dated Zoë Kravitz, and have been inseparable ever since. After tying the knot not as soon as however twice in 2017, the couple began a household collectively, which consists of their toddler son, whom they welcomed on Aug. 11, 2020. Domino additionally has a son named Cassius Kirke from a earlier relationship with musician Morgan O’Kane.
The two have been pretty clear about their relationship, letting followers in on their romance by the use of birthday tributes and foolish movies posted on social media. They’ve additionally shared how they first met one another after Penn’s “Gossip Girl” days (which Domino stated she was fully oblivious to) on his podcast, “Podcrushed,” the place Domino revealed that the 2 type of, nearly turned roommates.
“Penn and I met at a meatball shop. Penn was sick, he had a cold, was not in a great place,” she remembers. “Little ungrounded, come from traveling and couch surfing . . . I was like, ‘Do you want to move into my house? I have a room for rent,’ and he was like, ‘No, I’m not going to live with you.'” Though Domino solely obtained the actor’s quantity on the time, the 2 have, in fact, since moved in collectively and appear fortunately in love.
Contrary to well-liked perception, Penn’s spouse has truly performed an element in his profession, because the actor has consulted her on sure decisions, particularly after they contain him probably having to do love scenes. In reality, Domino is a giant motive why he even agreed to star in his Netflix drama after nearly turning it down.
Read forward to find out how Domino modified Penn’s thoughts about “You” and discover out extra about her.
She “Encouraged” Penn to Take on His “You” Role
Penn beforehand opened up about his “zero”-intimacy-scene coverage for “You” season 4 on his podcast, noting that “fidelity in every relationship, and especially my marriage, is important to me.” The actor then doubled down on his reasoning in an interview with Variety, printed on Feb. 15, during which he revealed, regardless of wanting to show down “You” to keep away from any love scenes, his spouse truly “encouraged” him to play his charming serial-killer character Joe Goldberg. “I wasn’t going to listen to anyone more than her,” he stated.
She’s Appeared on Her Husband’s Podcast
In October 2022, Domino made her debut on Penn’s podcast, which focuses on matters about center college and the “heartbreak, anxiety, and self-discovery of being a teenager,” per its description. In addition to sharing how the couple first met, she additionally opened up about traumatic experiences from her childhood and her profession as a beginning employee. Penn referred to her because the present’s “most special guest.”
It Took Her Years to Get Used to Penn’s Fame
In a January 2022 interview with Glamour UK almost 5 years after marrying Penn, Domino revealed that she was “still getting used to” the actor’s fame, although the couple had already been collectively for eight years at the moment. “I didn’t watch ‘Gossip Girl,’ so I didn’t really know what all the fuss was about when I met him. So I’m still sort of – getting used to this, and I think he is too because he was always part of this ensemble. So this is new for him,” she defined of Penn’s “You” period.
She continued: “He’s the star, the shining star of all of it. I think it’s a learning curve for us, for sure. It’s very unnatural to be known as well as he’s known right now. It feels kind of strange when we’re out and about to have the amount of people come up to us – it’s pretty crazy, actually. So, I don’t think it ever feels normal or healthy, so we’re all just getting used to it.”
She Works as a Doula
Domino, who cofounded her personal Brooklyn-based doula company referred to as Carriage House Birth in 2012, has been helping anticipating households with births for years now. She’s even had some high-profile shoppers like Amy Schumer, whom Domino helped throughout the 2019 beginning of her son Gene. But the comic additionally admitted she fired Domino.
“I suddenly was like, ‘I’m good and I don’t need a postpartum doula anymore,” Schumer stated throughout a June 2022 episode of Penn’s podcast, sharing that she regretted her choice. “The truth was, and this is pretty unfair to her after I had Gene and I was recovering from a C-section. Domino is like a goddess. She’s an actual floating siren around the house. And she’s so lovely, and when she touches you, like you just kind of melt . . . I just felt so vulnerable that I was like, ‘I can’t have this Botticelli goddess floating around my home when I am, like, bleeding out.’ I didn’t have the strength to allow myself the luxury of having her around our home. I was like, ‘I think you can’t come anymore.'”
She Also Makes Music
Just like her husband, who as soon as performed in a band referred to as Mothxr, Domino has musical expertise and, in keeping with Harper’s Bazaar, has been making music since she was a youngster. She launched her debut album, “Beyond Waves,” in 2017, and Penn fortunately promoted it on Twitter, writing, “.@DominoKirke has released a gorgeous record that will stand the test of time.”
She Has Famous Relatives
Penn is not the one well-known individual Domino is aware of. Her sisters, Jemima Kirke and Lola Kirke, are additionally actors. Jemina beforehand starred in “Girls,” whereas Lola has been featured in onscreen tasks like “Gone Girl” and the Prime Video collection “Mozart in the Jungle.” Meanwhile, Domino’s father, Simon Frederick St. George Kirke, is a drummer for English rock band Free and Bad Company.
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